Keith Primeau gives an update if you want to call it that to his condition.

Keith Primeau: “There’s really nothing new to report. I’m trying to put myself in a position to be in the best possible shape I can be for camp. I’m trying to become or maintain being symptom free as best I can, and then evaluate it when we get to camp. That means evaluating it with one, my family, two, the team and three, the doctors. They are giving me the room and freedom to do that. I know that [training camp] is fast approaching and there are a lot of difficult decisions to be made in the next couple of weeks.”

On looking at his status in terms of team leadership:
“They began to address it last year and they’ve begun to address it more over the summer. They have begun to move forward as though I’m not a part of the equation and I understand that because I don’t want to hamstring the team, the guys or the organization. That’s kind of why I put a timeframe on it. It didn’t come from them to say, ‘you know, Keith, if you’re not ready for camp then you can’t play.’ It’s just that’s my sense, is that it’s now 30 months since I played competitive hockey. Conditioning becomes a factor. The issue of the injury becomes a factor.

“I swear that I haven’t spent a lot of time through the first part of this I spent far too much time thinking about it, trying to figure out the outcome and trying to decide what my future held. As I continue to improve, and I feel better on a regular basis, I just feel fortunate and privileged, so I just come to the rink excited to put my stuff on and go out there and practice with the guys. I feel good about being able to workout and go in the gym and be around the guys. I’ll just let the chips fall where they may. There’s nothing else to divulge. I just hope and pray that in the next couple weeks I can continue to improve in all areas and then we’ll leave it up to a collective decision.”

Trying to become OR maintain being symptom free? What does that mean? I still think he will be retiring before the start of the season. He should retire right now, for the sake of his health.